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Tom Warren (@tomwarren.co.uk)

feels like Microsoft has finally hit a good cadence with Xbox Game Pass releases, especially with recent drops like Indiana Jones and what's ahead in 2025. Avowed, South of Midnight, Doom, Towerborne, Fable, Outer Worlds 2, and more are coming next year. I'm also expecting an Xbox event in January 👍

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[Punished Miku]

They have had a developer direct in January for 2 years. Its always pretty good.

 

[Ozriel]

They have had a developer direct in January for 2 years. Its always pretty good.

Yeah, bit of an obvious prediction by Tom Warren there

 

[MatrixReloaded101]

Wow so PlayStation owners have 4 showcases to look forward to:

State of play
Xbox showcase
Xbox Direct
PlayStation showcase

Thanks Phil

 

[adamsapple]

Yeah, bit of an obvious prediction by Tom Warren there

Now the question is if they do an Indy and do a big deep dive of something like Fable, with a release date.

 

[Ozzy Onya A2Z]

Wow so PlayStation owners have 4 showcases to look forward to:

State of play
Xbox showcase
Xbox Direct
PlayStation showcase

Thanks Phil

These sorts of posts are just spam on GAF IMO. Really not needed mate.

 

[digoutyoursoul]

Hmm if I was to guess:

Last Avowed preview before release

Possible new look at Fable with developer interview

South of Midnight extended preview

Smaller titles like Dead Static Drive, Replaced, Citizen Sleeper 2

Game Pass January/ February line up with third party stuff/indies

Maybe news on Starfield for PlayStation although I suspect they will give that its own air time

 

[onQ123]

The minions really pushing this momentum/ potential angle going into next year lol

Reason: They will not be able to hide Xbox behind the Activision/King numbers next year because it propped them up this year & now they have to at least make the investors believe that things are about to turn around with the " This is an Xbox" campaign.

 

[Punished Miku]

Hmm if I was to guess:

Last Avowed preview before release

Possible new look at Fable with developer interview

South of Midnight extended preview

Smaller titles like Dead Static Drive, Replaced, Citizen Sleeper 2

Game Pass January/ February line up with third party stuff/indies

Maybe news on Starfield for PlayStation although I suspect they will give that its own air time

I'd guess Doom. They always shoot onsite at the studios for this direct and can show off ID. Fable for sure.

 

[Sebastian1295]

I'm excited too see more of fable, perfect dark, gears etc. Fable in particular is of big interest too me because i grew up playing fable on my xbox 360 and it's pure nostalgia too me.

 

[DAHGAMING]

These sorts of posts are just spam on GAF IMO. Really not needed mate.

Its ok even myself as a true Xbox warlord allow them posts, after all if it wasnt for the odd old Xbox game coming to PS there would be hardly any games coming out for them, just got some Ghosts next year then some slap head space jolly up after that. We let them eat a little . To get them real happy I can confirm at the Jan Xbox event they will anounce that old arse Starfield game is coming to Playstation around August time.

 

[balls of snow]

So another Avowed deep dive (probably not) and Outer Worlds 2. Obsidian are busy. Personally I need to see Doom and Fable.

 

[squidilix]

Nobody care.

 

[Begleiter]

By "Xbox event" I assume he means "phone manufacturer announcement".

 

[adamsapple]

Nobody care.

You care.

 

[diffusionx]

They'll announce Shartfield on PS5 "finally"

And a release date for Avowed PS5.

 

[adamsapple]

So another Avowed deep dive (probably not) and Outer Worlds 2. Obsidian are busy. Personally I need to see Doom and Fable.

It would be a week or two away from release so the only thing we see from Avowed is probably a launch trailer.

Wonder how far along OW2 is, kinda caught me by surprise seeing that it's a 2025 game.

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

e, e, e, event?....

 

[SJRB]

ELDER SCROLLS

 

[Geometric-Crusher]

why ?

 

[adamsapple]

ELDER SCROLLS

Too soon. Next decade maybe.

 

[James Sawyer Ford]

If Fable is delayed to 2026 their 2025 is looking pretty Meh

 

[adamsapple]

If Fable is delayed to 2026 their 2025 is looking pretty Meh

Fable has a 2025 date, the 'delay' thing someone one of the Tom's talked about was something that didn't have a release date, and that anything mentioned for 2025 was still on track.

 

[SJRB]

Too soon. Next decade maybe.

Zero faith in Bethesda anyway, I'd rather they straight up cancel it.

 

[lughnasadh123]

Some good shit coming up. Doom alone looks fucking juicy!

 

[Humdinger]

I'd be interested in seeing more of Fable. I feel like everything so far has been focused on the main character's looks. I'd like to get past that and find out more about the game and gameplay.

 

[ManaByte]

Now the question is if they do an Indy and do a big deep dive of something like Fable, with a release date.

South of Midnight is coming first. MS just sent the cast members consoles so they can play it. So it's very soon.

 

[Punished Miku]

If Fable is delayed to 2026 their 2025 is looking pretty Meh

South of Midnight
Outer Worlds 2
Fable
Doom
Avowed
Towerborne (2nd party)

They already have 6 games announced. This isn't counting all the stuff already announced for GP like Clair Obscura, Citizen Sleeper 2, 33 Immortals, and Replaced.

Only Nintendo puts out that much stuff in a year. Its pretty much unprecedented for Xbox. And we already know about Clockwork Revolution, Gears and Perfect Dark for 2026. Matt Booty is basically running the largest publishing operation in gaming.

 

[James Sawyer Ford]

South of Midnight
Outer Worlds 2
Fable
Doom
Avowed
Towerborne (2nd party)

They already have 6 games announced. This isn't counting all the stuff already announced for GP like Clair Obscura, Citizen Sleeper 2, 33 Immortals, and Replaced.

Only Nintendo puts out that much stuff in a year. Its pretty much unprecedented for Xbox. And we already know about Clockwork Revolution, Gears and Perfect Dark for 2026. Matt Booty is basically running the largest publishing operation in gaming.

Most of that list is a question mark to me

Fable and Doom are definitely big, but if Fable slips it's mostly just a potential doom release for me

Everything else is wait and see

 

[James Sawyer Ford]

Fable has a 2025 date, the 'delay' thing someone one of the Tom's talked about was something that didn't have a release date, and that anything mentioned for 2025 was still on track.

Didn't Grubb say fable was getting delayed?

 

[MayauMiao]

Maybe the event will have the first Halo gameplay on Unreal engine.

 

[FunkMiller]

Do not understand any Xbox fans being excited about this, when it's almost guaranteed to have more announcements about Xbox games coming to Playstation.

 

[nial]

Only Nintendo puts out that much stuff in a year.

Most major (and not so major) publishers do; Square Enix, Ubisoft Entertainment, Koei Tecmo Games, Electronic Arts, Sega, Sony Interactive Entertainment, etc.

 

[rkofan87]

date for ow2?????????????

 

[twilo99]

These sorts of posts are just spam on GAF IMO. Really not needed mate.

100% needed.

How else would you know you ate on GAF?

 

[WoJ]

Since everything is an Xbox does that mean the car dealership down the street running a new year's sales event is the Xbox Direct? After all, they're an Xbox. Or maybe it's the sale at the Target down the street since they're an Xbox now too.

 

[ResilientBanana]

Excited to see Halo on Unreal Engine, Fable, Perfect Dark, and especially, Doom The Dark Ages.

Do not understand any Xbox fans being excited about this, when it's almost guaranteed to have more announcements about Xbox games coming to Playstation.

I think the people that have this viewpoint, prefer consoles and not games. Personally, I don't care what system it's on, I care about the content. It's already very clear Microsoft has 3rd party ambitions even though they have a console, but the reality is, all console manufacturers want to do is sell games and services. I'm not sure why everything has to be polarized. Just play the games and enjoy the games, who cares about the plastic thats playing it. In my case, the thing I play them on is made of tempered glass, aluminum, and steel.

 

[Gambit2483]

Wow so PlayStation owners have 4 showcases to look forward to:

State of play
Xbox showcase
Xbox Direct
PlayStation showcase

Thanks Phil

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

If Fable is delayed to 2026 their 2025 is looking pretty Meh

at this point, the elusive "next year is the year" it's done; it's finished. But the sad, cruel or sadistic way life works wil be when MS finally wins GOTY, not as a platform holder, but as a Third Party Publisher.

 

[adamsapple]

Didn't Grubb say fable was getting delayed?

He said he doesn't know exactly which one but thinks it might be Perfect Dark.

After which NateDrake replied:

Fable was given a 2025 date in its last trailer, so it shouldn't apply per Nate's post.

 

[FunkMiller]

I think the people that have this viewpoint, prefer consoles and not games. Personally, I don't care what system it's on, I care about the content. It's already very clear Microsoft has 3rd party ambitions even though they have a console, but the reality is, all console manufacturers want to do is sell games and services. I'm not sure why everything has to be polarized. Just play the games and enjoy the games, who cares about the plastic thats playing it. In my case, the thing I play them on is made of tempered glass, aluminum, and steel.

I'm talking about the people who do still very much care about what plastic box (Xbox) they play their games on. There are still very many of them.

Also, I'm pretty sure Sony and Nintendo still really want to sell consoles... Xbox probably would too, if they were any good at it.

 

[ozz ex machina]

These sorts of posts are just spam on GAF IMO. Really not needed mate.

Honestly I get confused what year it is with some of the fanboy "warring" shite I read on here.

 

[sainraja]

Do not understand any Xbox fans being excited about this, when it's almost guaranteed to have more announcements about Xbox games coming to Playstation.

Xbox fans can be excited about the games coming out and that is what they seem to be excited about. If MS/Xbox is publishing those games on Playstation also, why should that take away anyone's excitement?

MS has the money for this type of strategy and is willing to support Xbox and publish on other platforms.

I'm talking about the people who do still very much care about what plastic box (Xbox) they play their games on. There are still very many of them.

Also, I'm pretty sure Sony and Nintendo still really want to sell consoles... Xbox probably would too, if they were any good at it.

As long as they all could sell consoles without having exclusives they would do so. The weird thing about the situation MS/Xbox finds itself in, is that they are the only ones who can afford a strategy like this. Nintendo and Sony need to offer reasons for people to choose their platforms. MS's gaming division is now big enough where that probably doesn't matter and they have Game Pass to push so...

 

[Bumblebeetuna]

Do not understand any Xbox fans being excited about this, when it's almost guaranteed to have more announcements about Xbox games coming to Playstation.

I primarily play on Xbox, why do I give a shit if other people can play? Xbox hasn't had exclusives for like two generations. Do you enjoy a game more if other people can't play?

 

[ZehDon]

Looking ahead, Doom The Dark Ages is really the only Xbox title I'm fully sold on. So, I hope we see some actual gameplay from Fable or at least confirming full player character customisation. If they've gone static main character for this, I'm out. Would like to see more from Perfect Dark, but I feel that might be too soon. The only other title I kinda care about would be State of Decay 3. After that, I'm in a holding pattern until they announce some more games.

Do not understand any Xbox fans being excited about this, when it's almost guaranteed to have more announcements about Xbox games coming to Playstation.

Wait - a game being on PlayStation mean that Xbox fans can't be excited about it? Well fuck, why did no one tell me!

 

[adamsapple]

My guesses for Xbox first party schedule:

Avowed: Feb
South of Midnight: March or April
Doom: Summer
Outer Worlds: Fall
Fable: Winter

Fable and OW can be interchanged depending on how far either is.

Gears E-Day, Perfect Dark etc ain't coming out any time soon.

A new Forza Horizon *would* be a very welcome surprise, but I'd prefer Turn 10 to be all hands on deck for Fable at this point.

 

[Magic Carpet]

I just want to see what Doublefine has been working on. It's about time for some news.

 

[Katatonic]

"good cadence" must've been promoted in the memo.

 

[poppabk]

I primarily play on Xbox, why do I give a shit if other people can play? Xbox hasn't had exclusives for like two generations. Do you enjoy a game more if other people can't play?

A game loses its 'magic' once it its available outside of an exclusive 65 million member club.

 

[Insanemaelstrom]

Will probably watch it. Might find some game that interests me